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Steph Koyfman

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StephKoyfmanis awriterand astrologer best known for her work as Lady Cazimi. She writes the monthly horoscope for Condé Nast Traveler's Women Who Travel.

Your July 2025 horoscope has arrived. If June invited us to feast our senses, wake up to an expanded sense of possibility, and try something new, July is for throwing out the first pancake. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first, and the sooner we know exactly what we’re up against, the sooner we can tweak our approach. Saturn and Neptune both station retrograde in the first half of the month, signaling a sort of high water mark in their new terrain of Aries, before their inevitable retreat back into Pisces later this year. So you tossed something at the wall and it didn’t stick right away—or maybe you can simply see the fault lines forming in a part of your life that will inevitably have to give. Reckoning with our own recklessness, celebrating the bravery it took to try, and going back to the drawing board to adjust our approach are all on the menu this July.

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Adding to the sense that this is a time of “let’s go back and see if we can do this a different way,” Mercury also stations retrograde on July 18. If you had the ability to do a do-over, how would you have that conversation, tell that story, or plan that trip differently? Mercury will be retrograde in Leo until August 11, and it stations retrograde in a sextile to Venus. Though logistical things usually come up during Mercury Retrograde, this one in particular may have more to do with revising our self-expression, remixing our poems, and otherwise revisiting something (or someone) after speaking with the muse again. Still, for the purposes of a travel horoscope, follow the usual advice: double check your reservations, get to the airport extra early, and don’t skimp on car insurance or GPS if you’re going far from home. Hopefully the nuisances will be minimized, and the sparking of your inspiration maximized.

Speaking of which, Venus enters Gemini on July 4, and it spends the month together with Uranus, which makes its first entry into Gemini on July 7. Uranus hasn’t visited this part of the sky since 1949, and this is the beginning of the end of the Uranus in Taurus era that began in 2018. Perhaps we’re revisiting something this month because of the new things Uranus makes possible—new technologies, new possibilities, new disruptions to the status quo—new tastes and flavors we never thought we’d like. Over the next seven years, Uranus transiting Mercury’s sign may also accelerate change in the travel industry and revolutionize the way we get from point A to point B. For now, this initial taste may bring a sense of novelty that can be enjoyed. Whether you encounter it on a journey or on your usual commute to work, look for newness that inspires.

Astrologer's note: Below we refer to your signs as “rising” signs, also known as your ascendant sign. Horoscopes are more accurate when read this way—using your birth time and location, you can quickly find your rising sign online (it takes less than 30 seconds).

Aries Rising

You probably knew this wasn’t gonna be easy, but now you’re actually finding out. The good news is that this is a pretty normal part of any challenging or ambitious process. They wouldn’t call it a “hero’s journey” if there weren’t any setbacks or hurdles to overcome. As Saturn and Neptune both station retrograde in Aries during the first half of July, you get to see more clearly some of the distortions that you came in blazing view over the last few weeks. The notion of “fail fast” comes to mind here, aka the principle of experimenting and learning from mistakes early on in the process to avoid wasting too much time on a dead end. Or, maybe this is just the universe’s way of pulling you back from the brink of a costly error. Despite the urgency you may or may not feel, you do actually have more time to get your act together.

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This will probably feel most palpable around July 10 through 12, during the Full Moon in Capricorn ruled by Saturn stationing retrograde. Things are probably coming to a head for you professionally or in a public-facing way. Try not to feel embarrassed if there’s anything you have to walk back or own up to—your honesty and accountability will ultimately win you more trust and respect. Chances are pretty good that there’s no one in the world who’s being harder on you than yourself right now anyway, so give yourself some credit for showing up with integrity.

As your ruling planet, Mars, approaches a conjunction to the South Node on July 20, you will probably feel like you’re running on fumes this month. Burnout is not a copout, in case you forgot—it’s actually a perfectly valid reason to scale back your workload, or at least move your timeline. This is definitely a month when you’ll want to be more mindful of your health overall, and to not minimize any exhaustion you’re feeling. A vacation wouldn’t be the worst idea (note: not the kind of vacation where you bring your laptop to the pool).

There are certainly other forms of active rest that would do you good right now, but you know as well as anyone else that “active rest” doesn’t usually look like your normal working week. Venus and Uranus both moving into your third house of writing and ideas early in the month, plus Mercury retrograding through your fifth house of creativity starting on July 18, means this is an especially fertile time to breathe fresh inspiration into your unfinished drafts. Don’t be afraid to play and get a little weird, or incorporate new techniques you’re learning.

Taurus Rising

If someone thinks they have you pegged, no they don’t. The big news this month is that Uranus leaves Taurus for the first time since 2019, but not before it makes a big splash out the door. Venus conjoins Uranus in Taurus on July 4 before slipping into Gemini that same day, and Uranus then makes its initial entry into Gemini on July 7. The first week of the month finds you playing with new looks, modes of self-expression, genres, and aesthetics, and Uranus at the 29th degree of Taurus will make you especially antsy about conforming to people’s expectations. Uranus will return to your rising sign for one last rodeo later this November through April 2026, but this intermediary push to exceed the limitations of your own predictability is still significant. If your wardrobe or branding is several years behind the person you now feel yourself to be, it might be time for a radical makeover.

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Your ruling planet, Venus, then goes on to spend the majority of the month in Gemini, your second house of money and stuff. Together with the novelty that Uranus is introducing into this area of your life, you might be experimenting with new ways of bringing in money, creating new offers, or doing a refresh on your inventory in other ways. But also, don’t overlook the less tangible ways Venus is helping you clarify your values and walk your talk—through your embodiment, through what you’re offering to the world, and through your consumption habits. Between July 21 and 23, Venus squares the lunar nodes and then squares Mars. Some of the spending decisions you’re making right now could feel especially consequential, or maybe you’re launching an offer that takes you across a certain threshold of controversy.

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On July 10, the Full Moon in Capricorn brings things to a head for you in the realm of travel, education, or the framing of your beliefs. You might be realizing the ways in which you’ve needlessly isolated yourself, or that you’ll probably need the company and support of a community before you go off on your rugged solo adventure. Solitary travel can be rewarding, but it’s okay to admit that you might need the group for a while longer. This, coupled with a Mercury Retrograde in your 4th house this month, suggests that you’ll need to go back to find the answers you’re seeking, and that those answers will likely be found within your social circles or your family. A deep inventory of your past could be in order, or maybe a return to a previous home.

Gemini Rising

It’s time for a personal renaissance. Uranus enters Gemini on July 7, which is kind of a big deal because it hasn’t visited this part of the sky since the late 1940s, and because this now begins a new seven-year chapter of experimentation, change, and agitating for liberation. You’re not one to stay stagnant for very long as it is, and you’ve probably gone through your fair share of phases. But if there was ever a time to play with the versions of yourself that have gone un-entertained, now is the time to remind the world that you didn’t come here to be predictable. You do contain multitudes, and you will feel increasingly itchy in situations that flatten your multidimensionality over these next few years.

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With Venus entering Gemini on July 4 and hanging out with Uranus all month, this new era begins with you awakening to new tastes and styles. Perhaps July is the month to unveil a bold new look, to let yourself fall in love with a new genre, and to open yourself generally to enjoying new flavors. Gemini is the sign of multiplicity, so you can certainly take a tapas approach to this tasting menu of variety. The mentality of adventure can find you anywhere you go, but there’s also something about being far from home that really encourages you to become someone new for a while. On July 21, when Venus squares the lunar nodes, your choices around pleasure, creativity, beauty, and relationships will move the needle for you in a significant way.

Speaking of relationships, it does seem as though your social life is entering a revisionary period in July. Saturn and Neptune both station retrograde in your eleventh house of friends, communities, and like-minded people in the first half of the month, and your ruling planet, Mercury, will retrograde through your third house beginning on July 18, which usually involves close connections like siblings, extended family, neighbors, and your best friends from school. As you leave behind old versions of yourself, it’s entirely possible that you’ll outgrow some of the friendships that can’t hold the person you’re becoming. However, it doesn’t need to be that dire, at least not right away—consider the possibility that you might need to revisit some conversations, reach out to old friends you haven’t heard from in a while, or revise your messaging before you build the club you really want to belong to.

Cancer Rising

The relief you’ve been feeling since June is palpable, and there is probably good reason to feel excited about where life is taking you next. If you also feel a bit like you’re in over your head this month, or like you bit off more than you can chew, try not to let that discourage you. Failure is something you build capacity for, and it’s all part of the growth trajectory you’re on. Maybe being temporarily relieved of some of your obligations will actually be a good thing? Saturn and Neptune both stationing retrograde in your tenth house of career and visibility in the first half of July suggests that after your initial foray into an ambitious new role, you might be realizing that you’re not entirely ready, that you need more education or perspective, or that you’re actually not sure you want to be in this position anymore—especially if it means being set up to take the fall for a higher-up’s bad leadership.

Pay attention to July 10 through 12 especially, during the full moon in Capricorn ruled by Saturn as it stations retrograde on the 12th. This full moon takes place in the part of your chart that concerns relationships and contracts, so it’s possible that your responsibilities may be shifting because of changes to a previous agreement, because of your business partner or work spouse, or possibly even because of your romantic partner. On top of that, there’s a Mercury Retrograde beginning on July 18 that takes place in your second house of finances, so it’s likely that your salary is up for being renegotiated at this time, or your budget rebalanced. If you’re finding that your job is harder than was initially advertised, you might be able to have that talk now, and potentially tweak the parameters of your role and your compensation.

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Meanwhile, perhaps an under-appreciated aspect of Saturn being where it is right now is that it’s no longer clogging up the drain in your ninth house of travel, spirituality, and education, like it was since March of 2023. Even if you have your hands full at the moment, try to enjoy these next two months of relatively unimpeded journeys and lifted existential malaise. You’re on a journey of spiritual renewal at the moment, and even if you’re not celebrating any immediate concrete wins just yet, you might feel freer than you have in some time.

Leo Rising

You can’t usually begin your recovery until you’re out of acute stress mode. And so much of what is coming up for you right now involves this sense that you’re transitioning out of fight or flight. What comes next depends on what you currently have capacity for, but it also depends on your willingness to reframe certain narratives and scripts you’ve been running for quite some time. Fortunately, you have an opportunity to rewrite your own story right now. Mercury stations retrograde in Leo on July 18, and it spends the next three-ish weeks retrograde in your rising sign. This is personal renewal with a twist, or maybe one that involves a fair amount of retracing your steps or changing your mind about something important. You can mine the past for clues if you need to: old diaries, emails, and notes to self that are backlogged in your phone. But the most important thing you can do right now is remain flexible as new information comes in, new insights flood your awareness, and inspiration hits to approach your unfinished business in a different way. You will start to come alive again at the end of the month with the Sun entering Leo on July 22, followed by a new moon in Leo on July 24.

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Saturn and Neptune also station retrograde in the first half of July, retreating back from their high water mark after introducing a new complex web of dreams and fears related to travel, school, or the basis of your belief system. These things are likely not unrelated. There’s a lot that’s up for reconsideration right now, and you’re basically on a complicated wayfinding mission that probably looks a lot in practice like hitting a dead end and needing to find a creative workaround. This is probably about your long-term plans or a longer journey you’re planning, but any trips you happen to take in July could also involve an element of rerouting or adjusting to shifting rules and borders. Maybe you thought you were signing up for one experience, only to get something completely different. Different isn’t always bad, but you might need to rethink some things as a result.

Friends and social connections might also be an unexpected breath of fresh air as Venus and Uranus spend time together in your eleventh house of community. Uranus arrives here on July 7, most likely for the first time in your life. Pay attention to novelty that’s arriving in the form of new possibilities for your social life this month—maybe because you stumbled into a new community, or went to a party where you met some interesting new people.

Virgo Rising

This month, be mindful of the rage that serves no purpose, the anger that has no place to go, and the overfunctioning that leads to burnout. The closer Mars gets to hitting the South Node in Virgo on July 20, the more ready you feel to put down your sword and relinquish your objective—or maybe just your desire to have it all micromanaged down to the minute details. A big part of this surrender is probably simply due to the fact that you’re reaching for a level of control you don’t really have, and you’re hyperfocusing on the small stuff perhaps as a direct result of the big stuff that’s out of your hands.

Still, you might not be able to hide from the friction this month. Your ruling planet, Mercury, goes retrograde on July 18, and this time, it’s dwelling on some of the material you find most uncomfortable to look at. On top of that, Venus will square Mars on July 23, just days after its meeting with the South Node, which could stir up a bit of drama or some polarizing reactions. It’s tempting to say that you should just focus on your deep breathing exercises all month, but you might have some very legitimate anger to express. The trick is knowing when to stop, or when to quit while you’re ahead. At best, you might simply be overcoming your own internal cringe factor around going for the thing you really want, or potentially embarrassing yourself in the pursuit of your most closely held desires and ambitions. At the end of the day, it all boils down to your ability to trust and accept yourself, so don’t worry too much about everyone else.

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The other big news this month is Uranus making its initial entry into your tenth house of career and visibility on July 7. This is the very beginning of a new seven-year chapter of breaking your own mold professionally, and you get to start playing and experimenting with some new possibilities now—potentially even reaching for a bit of a brand makeover first. But before that happens, you might have some interesting stories to write home about during the first week of July, as Uranus hits the ultimate degree of Taurus and caps off the last few years of radical learning and wayward adventures. Your belief system, body of knowledge, and passport history has probably voyaged through some unexpected places since 2018. Though you’re not entirely done liberating your perspective yet, you might go on some pleasant detours or have some big awakenings. This could be an especially interesting-in-a-good-way week to go on an adventure.

Libra Rising

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but for you, it’s about to open a whole new can of worms. When Uranus enters Gemini on July 7, it begins a new seven-year era of randomizing the field of possibility when it comes to the kinds of travels and educational journeys you go on. You might dive into some truly unusual topics during the weirdification era of your knowledge system, and travel might also open the door to all kinds of new potentials that didn’t previously exist. Either that, or it will serve as an appropriate outlet for your restlessness and desire for freedom (which might take the form of a desire for variety).

And for just the month of July, Venus takes up residence with Uranus in Gemini, making this first glimpse of a whole new world one that you might find unusually delightful. This is the right month to take a chance on a trip you normally wouldn’t say yes to, to skip the comfort foods, and to mingle with people from different backgrounds than you. As this might also be the beginning of a new era of political awakening for you, run with any inspiration you receive to politicize your art, to try a new format for expressing your beliefs, or to form unlikely alliances. Given Mercury’s retrograde this month through your eleventh house of groups and allies (beginning officially on July 18), it seems like the time to form new coalitions, to reconnect with some friends you haven’t spoken to in a while, or to reconsider how you’re getting your message out to the public. These things are likely not unrelated, and this conversation you’re trying to have could require more time and intention because of how potentially contentious it is. Though the drama might peak between July 20 and 23, this is also an important threshold for you to cross as you choose to move in accordance with your values, and with your heart.

The other big news this month is Saturn and Neptune both stationing retrograde in your seventh house of relationships in the first half of July. So you’re starting to see the writing on the wall about a significant other, or maybe the hard thing you’re trying to do together is even harder than you anticipated. Maybe it’s your current lack of partnership that’s causing you to rethink some things about your life. This might be connected to your family or where you live, and the July 10 full moon in Capricorn will probably bring these issues into focus. Whether you’re considering where to put down roots or where to visit, it seems like location can really make or break your experience right now.

Scorpio Rising

Things are pretty up in the air this month workwise, so your advice for July is to avoid committing to anything prematurely and to be patient with the process as you gather intel from your beta launch. Saturn and Neptune both station retrograde in your sixth house of work and health in the first half of July, and Mercury will go retrograde in your tenth house of career and status on July 18. There are some top-level logistical bugs to fix—some messaging that needs to be tweaked, or conversations to be revisited with your boss—as well as deeper issues to confront around your current capacity to handle everything that’s on your plate. Certain aspects of your job have probably felt harder recently, and maybe your health isn’t exactly running smoothly in the background, where you don’t have to pay attention to it. Maybe you’re struggling to manage more than your own workload because you’re understaffed, or you’re coming to terms with the fact that something about your project isn’t going to work in its current form. Whatever the problem is, now is a really good time to be honest about what moving forward is going to require, to prioritize the needs of your body, and to take it all in stride if your deadlines are getting pushed back.

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Your ruling planet, Mars, also spends much of the month approaching a conjunction to the South Node on July 20. This is another sign that you’re probably feeling pretty burned out right now, or that you’ll have to surrender your plans and your need to have it all micromanaged efficiently. Indeed, wherever you’ve been going with your team, it seems as though you’ll have to spend halftime erasing the whiteboard in the locker room and doing a tactical adjustment. It’s entirely possible people won’t be in the most peaceful or cooperative mood. If grievances need to be aired, hopefully it’ll help everyone let off steam and move forward, but look out for some tempers and general combativeness between July 20 and 23 in particular.

If all of this sounds exhausting, you’re probably right! This is the kind of thing that could easily eat up time on your trip as you log on at the hotel room to answer urgent emails, or require that you ask for more help. Fortunately, Saturn’s retrograde could be the perfect opportunity to take work off your plate, to have more flexibility around your job, and to walk back any commitments that may have been a bit premature in hindsight. Additionally, Venus and Uranus taking up co-residence in your eighth house could throw some unexpected support or funding your way in July. Take the help where you can get it, remain flexible, and don’t mourn the plan that didn’t come to pass too much.

Sagittarius Rising

In case no one told you lately, you’re allowed to rethink everything. So much of what this current moment amounts to is that you’re outgrowing the dream an older version of you had for your own life. You’re also getting super honest with yourself about what it’s going to take to bring your future into fruition. As Saturn and Neptune both station retrograde in the first half of July, happening in tandem with a Mars-South Node conjunction in your tenth house of career on July 20, you might put one of your more ambitious creative projects on ice for the time being as you run out of steam or reckon with how hard it’s actually going to be to accomplish. If you’re a parent (or thinking about becoming one), this could just as easily be about realizing that your kids need more attention from you right now, and that probably means something about how much energy you can afford to give to your work right now. The full moon in Capricorn on July 10 brings these things into sharp relief, and it might come with a price tag or a realization around how your financial reality might be affected if you change up the game plan.

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To be clear, “putting things on ice” doesn’t mean “killing the project entirely.” Maybe you just need more time for things to bake. Mercury will also retrograde through your ninth house of travel, perspective, and knowledge beginning on July 18, so assuming you’re not on a very literal journey of taking the scenic route, there’s a lot of philosophical ferment happening for you through July and part of August — perhaps because you’re rethinking what you believe and know about the world, or because you’re literally going back through the notes you took in school. This could also be a meaningful time to go on a trip or visit places you’ve been before, but don’t expect your travels to go entirely as planned. There’s a higher-than-average chance of mysteriously vanished reservations, scrambled itineraries, and missed flight connections. But if you can embrace the chaos, there’s a good chance you’ll end up making meaningful connections along the way.

Speaking of which, Venus and Uranus hanging out together in your seventh house is a sign that you’re breathing new life into your partnerships in July. It’ll be easier to break out of whatever rut you’ve been in with existing relationships, and also easier for new people to enter your life when you break your own patterns of hanging out in the same places and doing the same things. Uranus entering this part of the sky on July 7 is actually the beginning of a new seven-year chapter around partnership—one that might involve some flakiness and unpredictability on other people’s parts, but mostly one that involves your own ability to surprise yourself with how you’re willing to engage with others.

Capricorn Rising

It probably feels like there’s a lot resting on your shoulders right now. If it’s not that, maybe you’re just hitting an important milestone in a bigger process of dropping anchor somewhere more permanently. But whether it’s family obligations weighing heavy on your mind or discovering much more than you bargained for behind the drywall of your fixer upper home, you might be in a position to renegotiate your obligations or your long-term plans, or at least put certain aspects of them on ice for the time being. Saturn and Neptune are both stationing retrograde in the first half of July, signaling a sort of reality check that arrives as you reach an impasse. Saturn’s station retrograde on July 12 is also emphasized by the full moon in Capricorn on July 10, making mid-July a crunchy turning point for you personally, one that will probably determine the direction the rest of your year will take. This is kind of like the initial “finding out” phase, but at the very least, you will shed any illusions about exactly what you’re up against, and you might also be able to make some adjustments from there.

There’s also more retrogrades where that came from—Mercury will go retrograde on July 18, bringing up financial arrangements to be renegotiated, consolidated, or shuffled around. There might be important conversations that need to be revisited involving your mortgage, your shared expenses, and another person’s resources more generally. If you’re currently taking care of your parents, you might need to have more discussions with your siblings about who’s responsible for what, or maybe get your folks to revisit their will. If there’s a financial entanglement you want out of, this could be the right opportunity to wiggle out of that contract. Ideally, all these adjustments will allow you to move forward with whatever needs to be done.

Given all these big life decisions and the not unlikely possibility that you’re needed elsewhere right now, it doesn’t seem like July is going to be a month that allows you to relax and enjoy yourself on vacation. With Mars conjoining the South Node in your ninth house of long journeys on July 20, travel could be exhausting this month, or at best, probably not that enjoyable. It’s entirely possible that you’ll be on the move for other reasons, but if you can help it, try not to plan a super ambitious itinerary for yourself, or burn yourself out doing 20,000 steps a day. At best, this transit can support you in letting go of plans that are probably more trouble than they’re worth, and in releasing your need to be right or prove a point. If you’re not arguing on a hill you want to die on, let that line of reasoning go.

Aquarius Rising

A very normal part of any creation process is letting your rough draft marinate while you return to being inspired by life again. Yeah, you may have had an outline written you felt pretty good about, but the muse is unpredictable like that, and you know as well as anyone else that creativity is a thing you nurture. Saturn and Neptune both stationing retrograde in the first half of July pumps the brakes a bit on a new project you picked up recently, and Uranus and Venus both spend most of July in your fifth house of pleasure and creativity, encouraging you to play more and flirt with new flavors of enjoyment. In short, you don’t have to stick with the plan if you’re feeling more inspired by something new, or if you’re in the “find out” phase of diving headfirst into something that’s turning out to be harder than you bargained for. You don’t always have the option to adjust, change your mind, or push back your deadline, but there’s probably more flexibility available to you right now than you think.

Your relationships are another area of your life that’s up for review right now. The combined influence of Saturn and Neptune could expose fault lines in one or more of your key relationships—a close friendship, a sibling, a cousin—and present undeniable evidence that time is changing the shape of your connection, as time tends to do. Mercury will also go retrograde in your seventh house of partnership on July 18, which means there are certain conversations that will take longer to finish. You should probably also offer plenty of grace to yourself and others for any miscommunication that comes up. Sometimes, honesty can be hard in the moment because the truth is not yet complete in our minds. It’s less that you’re not feeling the romance currently, and more that it’s finding you in new ways that you may not have the language for yet. Don’t forget to actually see the reflection of yourself in the mirror that relationships provide. On July 25, when the Sun opposes Pluto, your shadow gets peak illumination, so move accordingly.

With all of that in mind, try to travel with your own delight in mind in July, and expect communication to take a little more intention than usual. This is neither the time to fall into predictable routines or make assumptions about what your companions want either. Maybe you’ll both have a better time if you switch up the vibe? Side note: there’s a small chance the Saturn station could bring up car trouble for you, so hopefully your mobility isn’t the thing that’s hampered in July. But in case it is, be open to potentially needing to rely on other modes of transportation than you originally planned to.

Pisces Rising

All of your recent explorations into ancestry, citizenship, and homemaking are about to dovetail into a whole new can of worms. When Uranus enters Gemini on July 7, it begins a new seven-year chapter of greater freedom (and greater instability, possibly) when it comes to your living situation. And initially, it does so by introducing a bevy of new options that you hadn’t previously had available to you. Will you split your time between two home bases? Is that van life dream starting to feel within reach? Are you listing all the places you’d live as a digital nomad? Or maybe starting to consider surrendering your lease or your mortgage so that you’re not technically tied down to any physical location? The possibilities are enlivening, but also dizzying. You don’t have to blow up your entire life just yet if you don’t have a sensible plan in place. But just for July, with Venus cohabitating with Uranus, this is about taking pleasure in where you’re at, flirting with new possibilities, and finding new ways to connect to the land and beautify your home.

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This is also supportive weather for connecting with your family and heritage, but smothering dynamics between you and your folks will probably feel especially itchy and need to be given more breathing room. If you’re on a family trip, maybe booking separate rooms will be the move? Given the Mars-South Node conjunction in your seventh house of relationships, there will be more interpersonal tension in your sphere than usual this month—more petty fights being picked, more irritability in general. By the time this conjunction peaks on July 20, you might have to surrender your need to be right, your impulse to nitpick, and yes, maybe your valid criticisms. It will probably feel like arguing is futile or a waste of energy, regardless of how many good points you’ve already made in your head. If you insist on beating that drum, just be prepared for the conflict to go nowhere productive.

Certain aspects of your work life may also be up in the air this month, so be ready for deadlines to get pushed back or for the structure of your business and offerings to change. As Saturn and Neptune both station retrograde in the first half of July, there are adjustments you might need to make based on the current reality of your financial situation, or maybe pricing structures that need to shift. Surely it’s not a bad idea to take a second look at your budget if the math isn’t mathing, or to tweak your plans if you can no longer afford to go on the annual girls’ trip this year. On top of that, Mercury will go retrograde in your sixth house on July 18, which is an additional clue that you’ll be revisiting aspects of your workflow this month. In theory, you should have the information you need by now to make choices that are more sustainable and will ultimately set you up for success.

Enjoyed your July 2025 horoscope? Look back on June 2025 to see how things lined up.

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